65 Million Years of Strategy

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Announcing Walking with Beasts - Operation Salavage, it has big scary animals, and time travel.

By IGN Staff

It's 2050 and a female agent for the World Wildlife Bionetwork has disappeared and is suspected of going rogue, possibly due to a little time traveling psychosis (oh yeah, the game involves time traveling, in case you didn't know). It's now up to you to carry out Operation Salvage. No, it's not your stupid justification for rummaging through other people's trash, Operation Salvage is instead a mission apparently vital to the survival of the entire planet! Again, although this is also part of your rummaging excuse, it's just not the case.

Set in a world established by the BBC's upcoming television special Walking with Beasts, the game explores a prehistoric world filled with monstrosities dating all the way back from the time of the fall of the dinosaurs. Players use their own customized Explorer to travel back 65 million years and retrieve info on the animals of the time for archival purposes, all while avoiding crazy rogue girl's traps (oh yeah, she laid some traps too).

Product Development Director at BBC multimedia Sarah Jennings had this to say,

"Set in a time in which beasts such as the ferocious, pig-like Entelodont, fierce dog-like Hyaenadon and saber toothed tigers ruled the land and moving on through the ice age when man and mammoth triumphed, the setting offers elements that transfer excellently to the PC. Walking With Beasts is one of the most fascinating animation and visual effects projects ever undertaken by the BBC for a television show. BBC Multimedia wants to take this experience a step further into the realm of gaming with Operation Salvage, allowing players to become truly involved in this electrifying era."

Pig like Entelodont? To hell with that! I already see plenty of my family, thank you very much.

The game is looking at a November 23rd release, so if you're into getting a little fall strategy action going, then warm yourself up to a little pig beast as BBC hopes this to be the game for you.